Buying upgrades for a game like this is just lame.

Upgrades do not make you a better player, in fact, they make you so full of yourself, you're easier to kill.

[Edited on November 2, 2006 at 12:21 PM. Reason : PG 2~~]

11/2/2006 12:21:03 PM

Axelay - playing in a squad helps you get more points faster and you can get field unlocks (which you can use until you leave the server). The field unlocks are useful for trying out the guns befoe you use the field unlock on them. I tried the AA gun this way and didn't like it that much, but I loved the motion mines so I kept going with that tree.

11/2/2006 7:17:11 PM

Yes, I absolutely want the flying balls of death now that I have seen how they can completely screw armor over. It's hysterical. I'm already 2-deep into the right side of the engineering tree, so I'm not far now. I really, really want the Pilum AVR since it's so much more effective than missiles against armor.

Oh, and some upcoming patch notes.

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"With all this said, we would like to announce patch 1.05 for Battlefield 2142. The patch includes more than 25 fixes which will improve every player’s experience on the Battlefield. The following fixes will be included, along with many others: * Titan will no longer be able to move once its shields are down, so that lag within the titan should be significantly reduced and revive inside the titan shouldn’t be a problem any more * Changes in EA master server communication to greatly reduce disconnects * Players are now able to receive the Titan Survival Pin * All players will see the same missile silo location numbers in Titan Mode Patch 1.05 is scheduled for release later in November so keep watching this space for detailed release information. Also, stay tuned for more information on an upcoming competition allowing you to make your mark in 2142."

11/3/2006 10:41:06 AM

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"Titan will no longer be able to move once its shields are down, so that lag within the titan should be significantly reduced and revive inside the titan shouldn’t be a problem any more"

you can thank a group of us for this one...

11/3/2006 1:32:51 PM

That god damn anti tank rifle is fucking hilarious, people charge at you in aircraft like your a sniper then you blow them out of the sky.

11/3/2006 5:22:18 PM

^I want to try that, so it works against snipers and infantry? Because I was disappointed when I tried to use the main anti tank rockets against infantry... it worked so well against snipers in bf2.

Oh and the AA gun... damn that thing smokes gunships. It's only good for maps where there are a ton of air though (like suez canal on titan mode). It only takes 2 hits and those suckers are down. I was hitting them as they left the enemy titan. But it's only good for AA, can't aim it at tanks, titan turrets, or anything with any luck.

Are they not fixing the glitch with the titan walls of 3/4? I think it's hilarious, I usually like to go take out 3/4 before 1/2 now and when it shows it on the screen people are like "wtf". I especially like when people just run by when I am shooting up 3 or 4. Maybe making the titan stop moving when shields are down will fix this.

11/4/2006 10:14:37 AM

Yah, it kills infantry and makes them perma dead in 1 click.

It's a bit slower than the standard rocket, (which has more kick than a god damn rifle?????), but it does
2x the damage to soft parts on armor. So, the wheels, the legs, the back of tanks , they all go boom in two shots.

To make up for it's speed it's sickeningly accurate.

AND WHO IS HOLDING THE SNIPER RIFLES IN THIS GAME, a one legged ostrich with parkinsons? You shake that thing so hard you could bore a hole in an enemy tank by running up to it.

11/4/2006 1:57:03 PM

Oh my God, the floating balls of death are ridiculously fun. If you ever spend any time hunting armor (which I do almost exclusively), definitely unlock the mines in the right side of the engineering tree. I'm working now on getting the Pilum, as that thing is ridiculously useful.

Anyone know if you can use more than 1 rank up preorder code?

11/8/2006 8:02:51 AM

it only works for the first ranks up or so before you rank up in game....

if you've ranked up in game a pre-order rank up will give you 40 points like it would for the first rank up... or none at all...

11/8/2006 9:18:37 AM

WTF? Only a measly 40 points? That's nothing more than 2 Titan Attack bonuses. Jeez. Well hell, I already had an automatic rank up since I did the veteran's program thing from BF2. If it's only worth 40 points, it might just go to eBay.

11/8/2006 3:29:07 PM

not even really worth ebay imho

11/9/2006 9:56:40 AM

Oh really? This one's currently $48, which I cannot believe.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Battlefield-2142-Preorder-Kit-SCAR-11-RIFLE-DOG-TAG_W0QQitemZ130045104852QQihZ003QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130045104852

I've still got another complete and unopened kit. If I can get some easy cash out of it, that's one more game I can add to the stack.

11/9/2006 10:00:37 PM

how do people get on top of some of those buildings??

11/9/2006 10:15:50 PM

either pod out of your titan or pod out of your shuttle to land on whatever you want

be sure to get prone ASAP

11/9/2006 10:16:47 PM

i can barely streer the pods out of the spawn point... am i missing something?

11/9/2006 10:45:06 PM

becon pods and apc pods don't steer much


titan pods can maneuver pretty well

11/10/2006 9:20:05 AM

this i know... but on fall of berlin... you've got all kinds of people on top of buildings

11/10/2006 9:32:42 AM

OK, I've unlocked 7/8 of 2 trees - Assault and Engineer. The Voss + rifle rockets is a simply awesome combination for Titan defense. Rifle rockets are invaluable for shooting boarders out of the rafters in the top vents. Haven't gotten the Baur yet, but I'll probably just leave it as a field unlock since I'd like to move into Support to get the motion sensor and shotgun. I saw a movie of a guy using those, and it looks to be a wicked combination.

2142 Engineer >>> BF2 Engineer by miles and miles. The motion mines are hilarious - I watched one yesterday chase a dropship about 100 feet into the air and then destroy it. And few things make me cackle any more than using the Pilum to shoot down fully-loaded dropships.

I really do hope that the ridiculous lag issues in Titan mode will be addressed in this upcoming patch... I think I've played maybe 5-6 rounds of Conquest, and all the rest has been Titan. Conquest is so boring now. We need a crapload of new Titan maps.

11/15/2006 8:51:30 AM

Has anybody else noticed that after playing 2142, Windows Media Player completely screws up? It does on my system, and I can't yet figure out why. A reboot solves the problem, but it's still highly annoying. For as much as I enjoy this game - which is to say infinitely more than BF2 - I can't get over how buggy it is.

11/16/2006 8:14:20 AM

odd....

i had an issue with bf2 and TeamSpeak though which was also odd... (it would stick the push to talk button open) a reformat fixed it permenantly though

have you tried updating WMP?

11/16/2006 8:33:29 AM

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"Has anybody else noticed that after playing 2142, Windows Media Player completely screws up? It does on my system, and I can't yet figure out why. A reboot solves the problem, but it's still highly annoying. For as much as I enjoy this game - which is to say infinitely more than BF2 - I can't get over how buggy it is."

I know EXACTLY what you mean! I can't play videos after I play bf2142.

BF has been locking up A LOT for me lately when someone IMs me and it knocks me out of full screen or it'll "lose internet connection" and the screen will lock up the whole computer (never lets me hit ok and select another server)

Also, I tried this yesterday and it was hilarious... I boarded the enemy titan and threw motion mines on their hanger bay shield. I had the anti air gun and was just planning on shooting down the aircraft, but the motion mines worked very well. I remember walking away after I put them there to make sure someone didn't sneak up on me and then a few seconds later, I heard the attack jet take off and I get credit for 2 kills by motion mine. Hhahaha

11/16/2006 10:12:04 AM

^^ Yup, I'm running the very latest WMP, and my system has all current Windows Updates. I noticed this problem before I got the latest version of WMP, so I thought the newest version wouldn't screw up. I was wrong. It took me a while to realize that 2142 was causing it. I had a similar problem with Tribes 2 many years ago in which sound drivers for it were creating a conflict with WMP.

I don't run anything else in the background save my antivirus scanner while I'm playing. The one thing which does drive me nuts, though, is when Norton feels compelled to break into my game, thus minimizing it, to let me know that my virus definitions are up to date. It only does it once a week, but sometimes that one time can send me into a rage if I'm right in the middle of something.

Mines on the hangar shield - now THAT'S hilarious. I'll have to give that a try sometime, especially if I can get my commander to drop me a supply box on top of the enemy Titan. I doubt most people would realize they are up there until it's too late.

I really, REALLY hate playing as PAC. The hovertank is completely worthless to me since you can't take truly accurate long-range shots, and the engineer's SMG really seems to suck by comparison to the EU engineer's SMG. Maybe it's just me, but I do substantially better with the Turcotte.

11/16/2006 11:53:11 AM

meh, i actually prefer the hover tank, easier to dodge and maneuver...

11/16/2006 3:13:00 PM

so i decided to start another account because i was getting tired of support and eng and i wanted to get the recon gun. Well after playing sniper a few round... I decided I'd stick with it and now I am addicted . But you have to play good infantry maps. I was on one server that rotated between fall of berlin, camp jib, and some other one... good maps for trying your hand at sniper. Now I realize why I am being sniped so much trying to run across the map... it's so easy.

11/19/2006 3:44:55 AM

took me awhile to figure out that shift button started the stabilizer on the sniper rifle

11/19/2006 1:21:18 PM

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE

http://forums.ea.com/mboards/thread.jspa?sls=2&tstart=0&threadID=152160

1.05

11/21/2006 8:15:56 PM

Typical. They get the patch out the day after my motherboard pulls the big kackaroo. Here's hoping Abit's RMA service is fast.

11/21/2006 9:04:16 PM

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"took me awhile to figure out that shift button started the stabilizer on the sniper rifle"

wtf, i got that helmet upgrade for the sniper and i was wondering why it didnt work

11/22/2006 10:49:53 AM

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"i got that helmet upgrade for the sniper"

netbat is passive. it gives info to you and your squad

11/22/2006 1:56:43 PM

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"took me awhile to figure out that shift button started the stabilizer on the sniper rifle"

Heh, I just recently figured out about caps lock and commander options. I just couldn't understand why I had to be there for the bombing to start.

11/25/2006 6:35:13 PM

Hokay, new tank combat tactic. Ram the shit out of the hovertank whenever possible, especially if you're in an APC or tracked tank. I got into another Tiger vs. Nekomata battle a while back, and I beat the hovertank's ass by cresting a hill, charging into its front left corner, and knocking it almost completely backwards. Add another item to my list of reasons why I absolutely hate the hovertank and love the tracked tank.

11/26/2006 10:46:22 PM

lol nice.... yeah the hover tank is tricky but nice once you get used to it....

11/27/2006 1:08:55 PM

I started off as support, but I'm having a lot of fun playing as assault/medic with the shotgun. you kind of hang out in the back of your squad, running in and reviving when you have to and blasting mofos in close quarters when you have to. haven't even really seriously tried the other two classes out.

11/27/2006 11:54:22 PM

The hovertank is unholy if you find someone who knows how to use abuse it

That thing can dodge bullets easy

11/28/2006 1:22:00 AM

i can't for the life of me figure out how to use the sniper stablizer

shift doesn't do it for me

11/28/2006 1:51:25 AM

I absolutely detest the hovertank. If I see a parked hovertank and a parked jeep, I'm gonna take the jeep every single time. If there's one thing I despise in a weapon, it's inaccuracy. I love the Tiger tank because it can stop on a dime and bring its gun to bear on a target immediately. It's an outstanding standoff weapon, but I do sometimes use it in close quarters when I've got good cover and room to maneuver. The wobbliness of the hovertank drives me insane, as does having to turn the entire body of the vehicle when I want to turn the cannon. Ugh. It can be a good weapon if the driver has the patience to put up with it, but I ain't that guy. I feel like now that I know how easily it can be rammed, I should be able to pretty consistently take 'em down with the Tiger.

11/28/2006 8:29:23 AM

jeebus those silver ribbons give a shitton of points!

11/28/2006 11:13:21 AM

Yah, Ribbons and badges give assloads of points.

I don't know if you can get ribbons more than once tho

11/28/2006 12:56:52 PM

wow.

assault is a lot more fun than I thought when it's 64 peeps

shit is HECTIC

11/28/2006 4:29:47 PM

Finally got my PC up and running again, and got back into this. I've been reading on the TotalBF2142 forums, and many people seem to be having serious framerate problems since the patch. I'm running my settings in the exact same way I was before my board died, but my FPS really sucks now. It was outstanding before, and the only thing I can point the finger at is the patch. Hopefully some more clear answers will be forthcoming about this.

After watching some videos of a guy using the Support's Dys-Tek Pulse Meter, I thought I'd give it a shot. That thing is awesome for defending the roof of the Titan, as you can spawn in the hangar and see if anyone is up there without having to pod first. Very good defensive tool at close range.

1/5/2007 12:56:59 PM

i ment silver badges but no, you can't get ribbons more than once... some are only 50...

where you playing last night? NAEA server? i saw a guy in there with "Axelay" as the SN....

[Edited on January 5, 2007 at 1:34 PM. Reason : a]

1/5/2007 1:33:43 PM

just got this game over christmas and started playin the other day. are there any good servers out there for beginners of this game? i gotta get used to some of it but all the servers i've played on so far have beat me harshly lol.

1/5/2007 1:37:54 PM

i want to play this, but BF2 is the only game I can't get to work on my DLP TV.

1/5/2007 2:20:12 PM

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"where you playing last night? NAEA server? i saw a guy in there with "Axelay" as the SN...."

Yup, that was me. I'm almost always on the NAEA Titan servers.

And oddly enough, I actually did earn a Good Conduct ribbon twice in two days. I don't know what was going on with the rest bonus or other point values, but I've earned at least 3 different awards twice since I've come back to playing. Hell, I went up a whole two ranks (now Warrant Officer Silver) in no time flat.

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"just got this game over christmas and started playin the other day. are there any good servers out there for beginners of this game?"

I highly recommend the NAEA Titan servers. I see far less douchebaggery (i.e. clan ganging, TK'ing, vehicle stealing) there than on any other server group I've ever played on. They also always have a great ping for me.

And here's just a tip/gripe in general. When you're riding gunner in a tank, APC, or walker and you happen to see an empty tank or walker within reasonable distance... GO FUCKING TAKE IT. Two armored vehicles are much more dangerous than one vehicle with a driver and gunner. I saw 3 times last night when I had a gunner in my walker and we stomped up on a silo with an empty tank parked nearby. Rather than getting out and taking the empty tank, my dumbass gunner sat there and watched while the enemies took the tank and then took us out. I was absolutely furious.

1/5/2007 3:31:51 PM

OK I have a stupid question to ask.

How do I install the patch? I have downloaded the 32.7mb 1.10 patch to my desktop. When I click it to install it (whether 2142 is up and running or not) nothing happens.

Could someone please set me straight?

1/6/2007 2:02:14 PM

It should start up normally, give it a few seconds

1/6/2007 2:47:27 PM

i got this game for christmas... i'll try to find these NAEA Titan servers of which axelay speaks.

1/6/2007 3:41:17 PM

I downloaded the Demo, the game seems improved in many areas over BF2, but it just seems like 2142 encourages all combat to be done in a machine/vehicle, totally discouraging soldier combat (on foot). But dont get me wrong, I love the massive explosions that make the floor in my room shake.

So for the guys who have the full game, I ask how is the singleplayer? I know BF rewards multiplayer, but is there at least a story-based singleplayer mode or is it the same boring crap from BF2?

[Edited on January 6, 2007 at 7:53 PM. Reason : ]

1/6/2007 7:48:47 PM

singleplayer is like the singleplayer in BF2. btw, does anyone have problems ranking up? i'm showing i have 1059/750 for lance corporal silver but it wont advance. am i missin somethin?

1/7/2007 10:52:13 PM

Rank advancement has been acting very strangely for me as of late. I quickly jumped up two ranks to Warrant Officer Silver, but didn't do anything extraordinary point-wise. I do remember earning a Good Conduct medal twice, and I didn't think you were supposed to be able to do that. Things seem back to being pretty slow towards Warrant Officer Gold now, so I don't know what's going on. Away bonus surely didn't add that many points...

1/8/2007 8:07:29 AM